Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
the dead body of an animal that has been killed on a road by a vehicle;
- Example: "vultures usually feed on carrion or roadkill"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
roadkill \road"kill\, n. sing. & pl.
The body of an animal killed by a vehicle on a road; as, it
is illegal in most places for a restaurant to serve roadkill
as food for people. Also used metaphorically; as, "roadkill
on the information superhighway" (a person or corporation
defeated by others more expert at using the internet).
[PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
roadkill
n 1: the dead body of an animal that has been killed on a road
by a vehicle; "vultures usually feed on carrion or
roadkill"